The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-08
DELICIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

DELICIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL
Churches in the United States
grow in number at the rate of ten .
day. 1t Is said.
The Vermont State Agricultural
college has ''winter class for farm
ers, capital idea.
The Baptist ministers of Brooklyn
have formed an organization for the
discussion Of topics Of general interest
"A few years ago society to pro-
mote atheism wss announced in Paris.
Now we hear of League Against
Atheism, " by French philosophers.
The ubiquitous small boy has be-
gun to lay his annual contribution Of
posies on the teachers desk, only to be-
rewarded later in the season by having
his baseball and marbles cOnfiscated.-
Rsrslasd Advertiser.
AT q meeting Of the Woman'S
Board of Missions. in Boston, the treas.
urer. Miss Emma Carruth. reported
the receipts for the year at about $47,-
900, Of which $1,000 are in legacies.-
CAristian Union.
1t is stated that out of the 1900
inhabitants Of the Samoan Islands.
1000 are church members. and 5000
are candidates for membership. There
are 200 native pastors.
One of the earliest collections
for foreign missions to the heather
was made at Nottingham, Eng. when
ELS. or SIS. was contributed. Last
year the Protestant churches of Europe
and America gave for this object no
less than $11, OOO. O0O.-N. 7. Witness.
Boston school-board officials have
posted notices in all the school build
ings Of that city forbidding the chew
ing of tobacco by the pupils. They
have even posted the notice in the
girls high-scheol building, much to the
indignation of the young women.
The church of England official
yearbook contains these statistics:
Communicates, 1.1S1.9l5; Sunday
school scholars, 1.767 ,OO6; baptisms-
infant, $50, 1914; adult. 1888; incum+
bents, 13.8O8; revenues, f5,OO3, 1885,,
church building. reservations. endow-
ment, parsonages, etA, 81, Al. 8S9.-
Indianapolis Journal. |.
BY the will Of the late Oliver
Hoyt, of Stamford, Conn.,, Wesleyan
University receives $25, 900 to increase
the permanent endowment funds. This!
completes o long series Of gifts
amounting to nearly $780, 900. which
Mr.. Hoyt has made to the University.
The total income of Oxford Uni
versity last year was f64. 299. against
E62. 1O7 in 1885. A balance of f1,OO4
has been carried forward. as against
E3S3 last year. The University's in
come from its estates decreases, but
the increase of fees and dues more than
makes the loss good.-Farm, Field and
Stockman. =.
"A correspondent sends Us the fol-
lowing: II was once building q church
in a village in Canada. The carpenter
had examined the plans-for pulpit.
lecturn, choir stalls, ETC.. and altar.
He seemed puzzled, 80 1 asked him
what was wanting. We'll. SIR he an
swered. this is all beautiful, but you've
left no room for the sofie. CAicog0
Living Church.
The cost Of administration Of the
Methodist Missionary Society is rela-
lively quite small. Out of every 500
contributed $95 goes to the missions
direct; t2.74 to '.incidental expenses"
that is, interest and annuities, expenses
of bishops in visiting missions. insur-
ance, exchange. etc.; $1.S to 'officc
expenses" that is, salaries, travelling
expenses, stationery, ETC., after deduct
ing amounts received from rentals OF
mission-building; 81 cents to dissent
mating missionary information.